by Jeffrey Kranz | Nov 4, 2017 | Bible facts
Thankfulness is an important quality for all people, especially for Christians. Put simply, thankfulness is recognizing good things that have happened to you, and acknowledging the people who made those good things happen. In the Bible, thankfulness is recognizing who...
by Jeffrey Kranz | Oct 16, 2017 | Bible facts
Sometimes in the Bible, God communicates to people in dreams. Some of them are symbolic (like the dreams in Daniel), and some involve explicit instructions from God. Dreams fascinate me, and I figure they’re interesting to you, too. Since God has revealed some...
by Jeffrey Kranz | Jun 18, 2017 | Bible facts
Angels and demons (and the spirit world in general) are fascinating. But sometimes it’s hard to separate what the Bible says from traditions and lore that we’ve picked up along the way. There’s a lot of weird stuff we hear about angels that...
by Jeffrey Kranz | Jan 30, 2017 | Bible facts
We’re used to hearing about heaven as a happy place where we go when we die. And most people hear about heaven in a few contexts: It’s where good/faithful people go when they’re dead. It’s where we’ll see departed loved ones again....
by Jeffrey Kranz | Jan 15, 2017 | Bible facts
There’s a lot of really interesting stuff to learn about the Bible beyond its core message. I’m keeping a running list of really interesting facts that I’ve learned about the Bible—feel free to comment with some that you think should make the list! 1. The Bible was...
by Jeffrey Kranz | Jan 8, 2017 | Bible facts
You already know that I’m pretty gung-ho about the NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible. (Gung-ho enough to put an affiliate link in this article, anyway.) Well, the good stuff keeps coming. Dr. John Walton, who edited the OT notes in this Bible, was kind...
